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package org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing;
import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
/**
* Simple strategy allowing tools to control how source metadata is attached
* to the bean definition metadata.
*
* <p>Configuration parsers <strong>may</strong> provide the ability to attach
* source metadata during the parse phase. They will offer this metadata in a
* generic format which can be further modified by a {@link SourceExtractor}
* before being attached to the bean definition metadata.
*
* @author Rob Harrop
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @since 2.0
* @see org.springframework.beans.BeanMetadataElement#getSource()
* @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition
*/
public interface SourceExtractor {
/**
* Extract the source metadata from the candidate object supplied
* by the configuration parser.
* @param sourceCandidate the original source metadata (never <code>null</code>)
* @param definingResource the resource that defines the given source object
* (may be <code>null</code>)
* @return the source metadata object to store (may be <code>null</code>)
*/
Object extractSource(Object sourceCandidate, Resource definingResource);
}
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